We thought it proper to end the launch year of Every Last Drop with an article that has received much attention. It was written by Richard M. Frank, Professor of Environmental Practice and Director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the U.C. Davis School of Law, and looks at how LADWP’s unilateral revocation of water allocation to Mono County’s farmers and ranchers triggered a California Environmental Quality Act challenge in the courts. It was published as a letter to the editor in the Mammoth Times at the end of November.

Read about a Paiute Tribal Member’s perspective on water as a cultural resource that must be safeguarded and restored in Payahuunadu, “the land of flowing waters.”

Read how the people of Los Angeles are achieving targeted water savings a decade and a half ahead of schedule thanks to successful conservation efforts spearheaded by the L.A. Department of Water & Power. Well, if there are water savings to be enjoyed, should we not also enjoy these “conservation dividends” here in the Eastern Sierra, where a lot of L.A.’s water comes from, in the way of less extraction of our water? Our current piece considers this question. Happy reading…And if you like what you read, happy sharing!